Better tech – Better health

Today’s healthcare services increasingly make use of digital solutions. At Origo, we bring together IT expertise and extensive experience in the healthcare sector to create intuitive, connected solutions, that have come to form the bedrock of our native Iceland’s healthcare services today and onwards into the future.

Our healthcare solutions

Digital solutions for everyone’s well-being

Saga - Electronic Medical Records
Saga is an electronic system that manages medical records. The system is used in all major health institutions across Iceland, including private clinics and nursing homes
Hekla - Health Network
Hekla is a closed electronic communication network used to transmit data within the healthcare system.
Medicor - Medication Dispensing
Medicor is a comprehensive dispensing system for pharmacies. In addition to standard medication dispensing, Medicor receives electronic prescriptions and sends this information to social insurance.
Vera - Health Portal
Engage with healthcare professionals and access registered data on Heilsuvera.
Askja - Statistics and Reports
Askja is our processing tool that processes data from Saga. It provides you with access to reporting on an Excel spreadsheet.
Deildarvaki
Deildarvaki provides an overview of all patients in the ward, including vital outpatient information.
Prescription and Administration Register
A new electronic drug administration registration system allows nurses to keep track of drug collection, dosage and register administration.
Smásaga - app for in-home nursing
Health care workers are one of the pillars of society. Their work touch all our lives in various ways.
Origo has been in the frontline of developing health care solutions and developed the Smásaga app for health care workers. That development was in the final stages when COVID-19 hit. The in-home nursing in the capital region asked us to implement the app quicker than originally scheduled so patients’ safety could be guaranteed.
Point of service monitor
Individuals can register on arrival
Payment of expense items
Receipt issued if payment is made on POS monitor

Heilsuvera

For our own health

Origo has developed Heilsuvera, which gives individuals oversight over their own health. In Heilsuvera, individuals can be in direct contact with staff at their local clinic, review their prescriptions and request a renewal, book appointments, view hospitalisations and visits to health institutions, make decisions on organ donation and view their vaccination history, all in one place. Parents can also use Heilsuvera for the same purpose on behalf of their children. Furthermore, prospective mothers can have oversight over measurements from mother protection and access to files which the midwife uploads into the medical record, including sonar photos or nuchal fold scans.

Saga and Smásaga

Helping them helping us

Origo works closely with healthcare professionals in different specialties to map out their IT needs and to develop solutions for greater efficiency and better patient outcomes. These include Saga, an electronic medical record system used in all major health institutions in Iceland, as well as a range of solutions enable easy record-keeping, monitoring and sharing of patient data across the healthcare system. Origo’s app Smásaga was specifically created for home nursing and residential care professionals, to record and register patient information into Saga’s database, directly from the bedside and in real time, using smartphones.

COVID

World leading technology

During the pandemic, Origo worked with the Icelandic government and the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop two solutions that would play a vital role in steering the country – and the world – through the crisis.

Origo developed a package of software and supplied hardware for border screening in just 10 days. The package was also used at Suðurlandsbraut where thousands of individuals were tested for COVID-19 every day during the peak of the pandemic.

When COVID-19 vaccines had received marketing authorisation, it was essential to move quickly to organise vaccination for the most vulnerable groups. In two we weeks, Origo managed to develop a vaccination system that was initially used to vaccinate the most vulnerable groups but later developed into a vaccination system for the entire country. Every Icelander that was vaccinated against COVID-19 received an invitation to be vaccinated with a bar code from the vaccination system that Origo had developed.

Origo later developed the world’s first vaccination certificate in collaboration with the European Union. The certificate, originally developed for Iceland, was later adopted by WHO and rolled out globally. In order to achieve this, Origo drew on expertise from across the company to create a fully operational high-capacity system that is all at once secure, robust and fast. These high-profile successes have already led to a wide interest in the development of Origo solutions for screening and certification in a variety of healthcare settings.

Sustainability

Healthier people, healthier planet

One of the things that make Origo special is the way in which our solutions may help achieve significant reduction in energy consumption and waste. As an example, Origo's home nursing app Smásaga results in fewer trips for home nursing staff, reducing their carbon emissions. We at Origo work toward being a green supplier as well. All Origo’s service car fleet is electric, all office waste sorted and recycled, we encourage flexible working from home, cutting down on travel and increasing working efficiency – and of course Origo powers all its operations with Iceland’s clean and renewable energy sources.

Sustainability Policy

Covid tests are now really quick; it’s easy to use the bar codes and we see a great optimizing in staffing. With this change in our methods, we can gather 2000 samples a day, where we previously gathered 200. It is a great increase in samples gathered with lot less work.
(On the increased optimization of COVID-19 testing)
Ragnheiður Ósk Erlendsdóttir
Managing Director of Nursing at Reykjavík Health Care Center
Deildarvaki is useful for all health care personnel working with patients on site. We customized it to each department. The implementation went very well, and we could all see we had a good solution. At emergency services Deildarvaki has changed the flow of patients, our prioritization has gotten more efficient, and the wait time has been shortened. A lot of the methods for nursing staff and doctors has improved. After Deildarvaki was implemented in our inpatient wards we have a better overview over operations, both in regard to patients and personnel because all changes are documented in real time.
Hilda Hólm Árnadóttir
Project Manager of SAK Electronic Medical Record Systems
We wanted to develop an electronic communication system to improve our service and support for patients who are receiving cancer treatment at Landspítalinn. Our main goal was to develop a safe and user-friendly communication system connected to people’s medical history so the patients can take an active part in their treatment from home, and the patient’s treatment team has a better overview of the patient's health and needs. It is important to have access to assessment tools like questionnaires to monitor symptoms and well-being, access educational material and offer personal communication with experts in a safe environment.
Kristín Skúladóttir
Project Manager at Landspítalinn
Origo's employees worked closely with us to gain health workers insight into the process of monitoring the border (for COVID-19) in regard to simplifying the process. Many features in the system were directly beneficial. The Origo team was with us in the beginning, which was priceless. We never faced any problems with the system and everything went according to plan from day one.
(The implementation of border testing for COVID-19)
Ragnheiður Ósk Erlendsdóttir
Managing Director of Nursing at Reykjavík Health Care Center.
The implementation of “Rafræn fyrirmæli læknis” went really well. This addition is a connection to the Deildarvaki that shows you when new instructions are added. This makes the nurses jobs easier because it allows them to spend less time at the computer monitoring new requests. The application is easy to use, and our employees were quick to get used to the new working method. Since it was implemented, our workflow has changed for the better, we have fewer oral instructions and only one method of implementing instructions. Traceability is one of the biggest safety factors because we can trace who gave the instruction, who enacted them and when.
Hilda Hólm Árnadóttir
Project Manager of SAK Electronic Medical Record Systems
There is a lot of opportunities within the healthcare system for using Heilsuvera. I predict that we can be of especially valuable help to clients with long-term illnesses, where I would like to see a lot of communication through Heilsuvera. We could use preemptive measures and don’t have to wait for a client to come to us but can monitor more efficiently and be in more regular communications.
Ragnheiður Ósk Erlendsdóttir
Managing Director of Nursing at Reykjavík Health Care Center

Healthcare Solutions

Did you know?

Smásaga app makes health care workers able to digitally document medical records through a smart device and prevent wrong recording and loss of files.

Origo has developed Alma, a system that calculates social security amounting to ISK 85 billion each year for the Icelandic Social Insurance.

Origo orchestrated solutions for COVID-19 testing at the border in 2020.

7,000 digital prescriptions go through Origo's system every day.

Our healthcare solutions are based on an old foundation dating back to 1993, when the development of the medical records system Saga began.

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